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Spasiyana Sergieva and Dado Ruvic

Fleeing Ukrainian athletes welcomed by clubs in Bosnia, Bulgaria

Vika Groza, 11, from Odesa, plays tennis during training session, after fleeing from Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Varna, Bulgaria, March 18, 2022. Picture taken March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Spasiyana Sergieva

Sports clubs in Bulgaria and Bosnia are providing refuge, training and competition for athletes escaping war in another show of global solidarity for Ukraine.

Mihail Minchev, the 34-year-old owner and trainer of Hispano tennis club near the Black Sea city of Varna, was among those responding to the Bulgarian tennis federation's appeal to help after Russia's invasion upended lives for millions in Ukraine.

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